Online Course: Advanced Trick Horse Training - Certificate and CEUs
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Online Class: Advanced Trick Horse Training

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Basic Course: $69.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $94.00
The material represented here builds on the beginning horse trick training course. It is highly recommended that the first class, Trick Horse Training, be taken prior to this advanced class. The first class not only explains the mechanics of trick horse training but teaches essential skills that are integrated in this more advanced class. During this advavced class we will review the mechanics of trick training and then dive right into ten exciting lessons on teaching tricks. Each lesson will give you the equipment, procedures and alternatives for teaching a new trick. Learn such exciting things as teaching your horse to smile, drink from a bottle, count, bow, kneel and much much more. The final lesson in this class offers and in depth look at the equine entertainment industry. After completion of this course, you will be able to put on entire performances with your horse. Whether you want to break into movies, do half-time shows or just play around the barn this last lesson will give you an overview on how to get started. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

This course is designed as an advanced study of trick horse training. The material represented here builds on the beginning trick training course. During this class we will review the mechanics of trick training and then dive right into ten exciting lessons on teaching tricks. Each lesson will give you the equipment, procedures and alternatives for teaching a new trick. Learn such exciting things as teaching your horse to smile, drink from a bottle, count, bow, kneel and much much more. The final lesson in this class offers and in depth look at the equine entertainment industry. After completion of this course (and the original trick horse training course) you will be able to put on entire performances with your horse. Whether you want to break into movies, do half-time shows or just play around the barn this last lesson will give you an overview on how to get started.


Horse trainer Angie Senter's goal is to help all students learn how to teach horses to perform professional quality tricks. Students taking this course will: 1. Gain insight and knowledge on how to train for and execute 10 advanced tricks and 2. Develop a more complete understanding of the equine entertainment industry. The instructor will also: 1. Provide a learning environment that is comfortable, non-judgmental, and informative for all students. 2. Provide prompt and courteous responses to all questions and comments. 3. Grade work in a timely manner and respond with suggestions for improvement and praise. 4. Help students through problems as they arise in training sessions. 5. Give students alternatives for training and ways to expand the possibilities of the tricks. 6. Make available all knowledge that I have on trick training horses so that students have access to training opportunities that will truly make finished and productive trick horses. 7. Provide the most up-to-date information on the trick horse industry.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Review of Trick Training Mechanics and Theories - Response timing, shaping and conditioning will be reviewed in this class as well as other mechanics and theories of trick horse training.
  2. Teaching Your Horse to - This lesson will teach you how to train a horse to "smile" on cue.
  3. Pick-up an Object - This lesson will describe the steps to teaching your horse to pick-up an object. This trick is the basis for other more advanced maneuvers.
  4. Pick-pocket - Teaching the pick-pocket trick builds on the previous lesson of "picking-up an object.
  5. Taking Your Hat Off - This lesson will teach your horse how to take your hat on and off of your head.
  6. Wave A Flag - This lesson will help you understand how to teach a horse to wave a flag on request.
  7. Drinking - This lesson will demonstrate how to train a horse to "drink" from a bottle. Your horse will even learn how to "guzzle" then throw the bottle in the trash.
  8. Counting - Teaching the horse to count is the first trick where we will untilize the horse's legs.
  9. Crossing Legs - This lesson will teach you how to train your horse to cross his leg. This trick leads into teaching a horse to perform the "drunk walk."
  10. Bow - This is a fantastic trick to end a performance on. It is also a great trick for all horses to learn as it can make mounting and dismounting easier for elderly and handicap riders.
  11. Kneeling - Teaching your horse to kneel builds off of the princliples learned in the previous lesson.
  12. Breaking Into the Entertainment Business - The final lesson will give you inside information on how to market your horse in the entertainment business, the pros and cons of animal agents, or simply how to put on a performance in your own barn.
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  3. Certificate of Appreciation
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Additional Information

Course Title : Advanced Trick Horse Training
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 14373
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://class.universalclass.com/advtrickhorse
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Instructor : Angie Senter
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $69.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $94.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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